- Date
- February 9, 1967
- Place
- Carson City, NV · CARSON CITY, NV
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N94862Ercoupe 415E
- Status
- Completed · report July 14, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 118847
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0383 67/2/9 CARSON CITY,NEV ERCOUPE 415E CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 30, 49 TOTAL TIME - 0945 N94862 PX- 0 0 0 TRAINING HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CARSON TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - WATER IN FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL CONTAMINATION-EXCLUSIVE OF WATER IN FUEL COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- FAILED TO CHECK FOR WATER AND CONTAMINATES IN WING FUEL TANKS.PILOT PUT ANTI-ICING IN FUEL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N94862
- Reported as
- Ercoupe 415E
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Carson
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Other investigations on N94862 · 2
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